Articles Tagged with Prison Escape

The New York prison escape that led police on a three week manhunt for two escaped prisoners has left 12 prison officials, including the superintendent, on administrative leave as a review into the escape continues. According to ABC News, 12 Clinton Correctional Facility employees have been placed on administrative leave as a part of the… Read more »

Another corrections employee has been arrested in connection with a June 6 prison break that sent two dangerous murderers fleeing into the wilderness of the Adirondacks. Gene Palmer, a nearly 30-year vet of the prison system, is now facing some serious accusations. However, none of those charges seem to suggest that Palmer, 57, had an… Read more »

An escape plot at the Manhattan Detention Center almost led to another New York prison break. Inmate Ernest Murphy managed to gather 64 bed sheets in order to create a rope which would allow him to shimmy down from the 11th floor all the way to the streets of NYC. In a related report by… Read more »

As the search for two escaped Clinton Correctional Facility inmates intensifies after 10 days, society is learning more about the lovesick 51-year old tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell and how she’s now battling for her own freedom – not the prisoners. With sleight of hand, two murderers had all the tools necessary to cut through… Read more »

An unnamed man and woman were shocked to find two strangers in the man’s backyard. The owner of the house yelled at the men to get lost, only later learning both men were escaped killers who had been convicted of violent murders. According to the Huffington Post, David Sweat and Richard Matt had escaped from… Read more »

After two New York prison inmates went missing, authorities were surprised to find a note left by David Sweat and Richard Matt which told police to “have a nice day.” The mocking message only adds to the mystery, since authorities are uncertain how the two convicted murderers managed to pull off such a complex jailbreak…. Read more »